DELUS Chasing Water at Microscope

Opening: 3 July, 18:00-21:00 | Exhibition: 3 – 19 July 2025 | Microscope, 2-4 Tottenham Road, London E9 7BL.

Chasing Water is the London launch and exhibition of ETH Zurich’s DELUS – Journal for Landscape and Urban Studies, hosted at Microscope, a non-profit art-and-ecology space in Dalston.

Chasing Water emerges from the first issue of DELUS, exploring the role of water in shaping and sustaining landscapes and urban environments. Projecting journal contributions into the gallery space, the exhibition invites visitors to immerse themselves in the myriad ways in which water makes and unmakes territories, is sensed through bodies, and is channelled through pipes and reservoirs.

Join us on the opening night Thusday 3rd July 6-9pm for drinks, conversation and a talk with the DELUS team. The journal will be available for purchase on the night.

RSVP to microscope@periscope.uk

Exhibition Visit

Chasing Water will be showing until 19.07, view by appointment by emailing microscope@periscope.uk, drop in Mon-Fri 10-6 (ring the Periscope doorbell). We accept group bookings and are happy to give a talk about the project.

Contributions

Chasing Water is curated by the co-founding editors of DELUS, Sara Frikech and Johanna Just, together with Kirsty Badenoch;

and with contributions from: Yumna Al-Arashi, Stefan Breit, Linda Schilling Cuellar, Akshar Gajjar, Bhavya Jain, Oskar FrederickJohanson, Stavroula Michael, Valentina Noce, Elanz Najar Najafi, Negar Sanaan Bensi, Federica Pessotto, Lucia Rebolino, Mathilde Redouté, Insa Jelena Streit.

Produced with the support of the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies, ETH Zürich and NSL – Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft.

Exhibition design by DELUS. Visuals courtesy of the contributors.
DELUS is designed by Studio Folder and published by Hatje Cantz.
Project supported by Microscope, a non-profit arts-and-ecology space in Dalston.